2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

What a Way to End the Evening

Two players got all in before the flop. Let's call them "Happy Man" and "Not-So-Happy Man." Not-So-Happy had Happy covered.

Happy Man {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs}
Not-So-Happy Man {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}

The flop came down a positively grotesque {K-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {9-Spades}, both players flopping sets. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and the river fell the {Q-Clubs} ... Happy Man thusly earning his new moniker as his {9-Clubs} played to make him a flush and earn him a double-up back to his 30,000 starting stack just as Day 1A came to an end.